A news item that's a hot topic in North Texas and got some national attention: A basketball game on 01-13-2009 between the girls' team at The Covenant School and the girls' team at Dallas Academy, an institution which has an excellent reputation for its special needs programs. Covenant beat Dallas Academy 100-0, and was allegedly pouring it on late in the game, even though Dallas Academy's team is the kind that seldom, if ever, wins a game. Covenant has issued public apologies and fired their coach, and it's become quite an issue. In December, thousands of orangebloods were in an uproar because Oklahoma was chosen to play in the Big 12 conference championship game, although Texas had beaten them in October. Never let it be said that Texans don't understand the importance of sports in society.
Another item in USA Today discusses the problems that U.S. automakers like Chrysler are having with product marketing. Gasoline at four dollars per gallon started driving up demand for smaller, fuel-efficient vehicles, and the big gas-guzzlers began to be phased out. Suddenly, gasoline prices drop below two dollars and right away the demand for big trucks and SUVs has jumped and started to outstrip inventories. Some folks never learn. I'd love to see gasoline in the $ 1.499 / gallon range for the next five years, but I'm not counting on it.
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